courtney wong. we go way back. we met over five years ago when the campus crusades crew from usc came up to our church in crowley lake for their winter retreat. fresh from the dmv, i volunteered to shuttle them around crowley for they were in serious need of showers after a long day playing in the snow. i love that group of people. i remember something so real and sweet about them. i wanted them to be my friends. they were to types of people i wanted to be like. and company i wanted to keep. and courtney, well, she was one of those people on whom i had a friend crush since we met. it has since become a real friendship. whew. just recently, through e-mail, we discovered that we were ironically both living in santa barbara. sad news was that i was moving back home a week after this discovery. but times have changed. i am back, and we are friends again. woo.

and to makes things EVEN better. she is getting married. to one of my new favorite people: matt davis. we are of one mind when it comes to all things visual. we could talk shop for hours. about design, websites, photography, marketing and branding…insta-friend in the making to be sure. and lucky for me, the duo will be living in santa barbara once they get married. i am simply delighted about that. and selfishly want them to get married tomorrow so we can all hang out more. haha. so in other words, i can’t wait for their wedding in september and was amped to shoot there engagement session this past weekend. it was a blast and i found myself in awe of their obvious love for each other. it is SO evident in their relationship and of course, in their photos.

so alas, this is their story. their romance. their love. the essence of matt + courtney…